Walmart vs JD.com: headquarters, benefits and pay compared

Walmart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas; JD.com in Beijing, China. Walmart has more employees (≈2,100,000 vs 776,682). JD.com has a bigger headquarters (≈15.2M sq ft vs ≈2.4M sq ft).

Walmart vs JD.com in numbers

Walmart		JD.com
≈2.4M sq ft	HQ size	≈15.2M sq ft
≈2,100,000	Employees	776,682
—	Turnover	17.9%
$30,520	Median pay	—
≈$0.3M	Revenue per employee	—

From each company's annual report or proxy statement; fiscal years differ — see each profile. — = not published. Revenue per employee is calculated by eciffo.

WalmartBentonville, Arkansas

A 350-acre hometown campus of 12 mass-timber office buildings, where half the land is green space with 5,000 new trees, lakes and seven miles of bike trails.

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Headquarters

Executive & design architect: Gensler (11 mass-timber office buildings, parking decks, street-front retail)
Landscape architect: SWA Group
Site: 350 acres (≈ 142 ha)
Mass-timber buildings: 2,400,000 sq ft (≈ 222,967 m²)
Office buildings: 12, designed to achieve LEED Platinum
Sam Walton Hall: 200,000+ sq ft (≈ 18,581 m²) · 1,500-seat auditorium
Fitness center: 360,000+ sq ft (≈ 33,445 m²) · opened Jan 12, 2024
Childcare center: 73,000 sq ft (≈ 6,782 m²) · 500+ children
Lakes: 13+ acres · 52 million gallons of water a year
Energy: 100% renewable electricity; 450,000 sq ft (≈ 41,806 m²) of dynamic glass
Opened: January 2025 (first building, the Layout Center, in early 2021)

Benefits

401(k) match6%Walmart matches each dollar associates put in, up to 6% of eligible pay, once they are match-eligible.
Stock purchase15% matchThe Associate Stock Purchase Plan matches 15% of the first $1,800 contributed each plan year.
Medical coverage$38.30Starting price per biweekly pay period for full-time and eligible part-time associates — Walmart says about a third less than the average premium at other national companies.
Therapy20 sessionsNo-cost sessions a year with a therapist or mental health coach through Lyra, for associates and eligible family members, from the first day.
Parental leave (salaried)12 weeksPaid leave for birth, adoption or foster placement; up to 22 weeks for birth mothers when combined with maternity leave (2023 policy).

Themes

#Famous architects #Discounted stock #Free counseling #Family building #Office tour videos #Office cafés #Office gyms

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JD.comBeijing, China

Office towers joined by long sky bridges around a central garden, each with a shared atrium seven to 13 floors high.

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Headquarters

HQ office floor area (owned): ≈ 1,415,000 m² (≈ 15.2 million sq ft)
Building 2 architect: BIAD, with Woods Bagot
Building 2 floor area: 532,306 m² (264,306 above ground)
Building 2 completed: June 8, 2021
Building 3 landscape: Hangzhou Landscape Architecture Design (hzyly), site 82,000 m², finished July 2024
2015 interiors: WTL Design, 93,000+ m²
Green power: All HQ office parks from January 2026

Benefits

Maternity leave158 days+At least 158 days of paid maternity leave, plus commercial maternity insurance of RMB 5,000.
Paternity leave10–30 daysPaid paternity leave on proof of childbirth.
Childcare leave5–20 daysPaid parental leave every year for employees with young children, plus parent-teacher meeting leave.
Childcare at HQOn siteChildcare centers and a children's activity center at the headquarters; baby-care rooms for new mothers.
Help buying a homeHousing fundThe Housing Assistance Fund; 77% of applicants are frontline employees.